Wagon-seat.



C. NLBRANNAN.

WAGON SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17 1916.

120.9% Patented Mar. 2.7, 1917.

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WAGON-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application filed. April 17, 13 16. Serial No. 91,732.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Cnon. N. BRANNAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palouse, in the county of Whitman and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon- Seats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wagon seats.

Heretofore it has been customary to secure the springs supporting the seat of a truck wagon rigidly to a frame consisting of two pairs of upright standards connected by cross bars, or to mount the seat rigidly directly to the side boards of the vehicle. These constructions, while probably afford ing an easy riding and durable seat, are objectionable on account of their being in the way of loading and unloading the wagon.

It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to provide a wagon seat which will have the same easy riding and durable features as the former wagon seats, but which will also be free of the objectionable features of those hitherto constructed, as the result of providing a means for pivotally mounting the seat to the forward portions of the upright standards of the wagon body.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will s end of a wagon body, showing a device constructed in accordance with this invention applied to the upright standards thereof;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through one of the cap members;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane of the line 4 l of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 1 designates a wagon body having the usual upright standards 2 arranged on its opposite sides and at the forward end thereof. Fixed to the upper ends of the standards 2 are suitable cap members 3 to which the ends of the seat of the wagon are attached.

These cap members 3 comprise a pair of spaced substantially horizontal plates 4 hav ing attaching ears 5 projecting from the lower edge thereof for receiving suitable fastening devices which extend through the standards. Disposed between the plates 4 and extending substantially longitudinally of the same are webs 6. These webs 6 are disposed below the upper edges of the plates 4 to provide suitable channeled housings and stops for the substantially horizontal straps 7 to which the elliptical springs 8 of the seat are here shown firmly secured. These straps 7 are provided at their ends with enlarged portions 9, the latter having apertures 10 extending transversely therethrough, the forward of said apertures receiving pivot pins or bolts 11 which are disposed between the forward ends of the plates 4, thereby pivotally mounting the straps 7 and allowing them to swing upwardly and forwardly with the seat out of the way of the workmen when loading and unloading the wagon. While the drawings show elliptical springs 8 disposed between the straps 7 and the wagon seat, it is to be understood that these springs may be entirely dispensed with, or other equivalent means substituted for them.

The normal position of the seat is obviously in its horizontal position, thereby making the normal position of the straps 7 also in substantially horizontal position, with their lower faces resting against the aforesaid web 6. wagon when in motion has a tendency to cause the straps to swing slightly around their pivots and rattle between the plates 4 and on the webs 6. To overcome this annoyance and to firmly lock the straps in The vibration of the ir adjacent ends of the aforesaid parallel plates 4:. To aid the ring 12 in accomplishing this result, the rear ends of the plates 4 are provided with apertures in alinement with the apertures which extend through the enlarged portions at the rear end of the straps, and through these alined apertures pass suitable bolts orpins 13.

As the cap members 3 are identical in construction at both ends, they may be reversed when worn at either one end or the other. Similarly, the swinging straps may be reversed.

A device constructed in accordance with this invention will overcome the aforesaid difficulty because of the fact that the seat may be moved entirely out of the way when the wagon is being loaded or unloaded.

Owing to the fact that the webs 6 are disposedbelow the upper edges of the plates at, the springs 8 of the seat are seated in the channel thereby formed, thereby preventing them from vibrating when the wagon is passing over an uneven road.

Various changes in form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited to the construction herein shown and described other than that set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a wagon seat support, the combination with a cap member, including a pair of spaced side plates and a connecting web disposed below the surfaces of said plates and forming a channel thereby, the ends of said plates projecting beyond the web, thereby making pairs of ears, said pairs of cars having transversely alined pivotal openings formed through them, a strap abutting said web and extending beyond the ends of the same, the ends of said strap having pin openings registering with the transversely alined pivotal openings in the ears of said plates, removable pins placed through said pairs of openings, the lower bow of a seat spring attached to said strap and lying in the channel between the side plates and extending beyond the ears of said plates, a ring slidably mounted on said bow of the spring, so that it may be slid down the spring and over the ears of said side plates, thereby locking the seat in fixed position.

2. In a wagon seat support, the combination with a cap member including a pair of spaced side plates and a connecting web disposed below the upper edge of said plates and forming a channel thereby, the ends of said plates projecting beyond the web, thereby making pairs of cars at each end, each pair of ears having transversely alined pivot openings formed through them, a strap abutting said web and extending beyond the ends of the same, said strap having openings registering with the transversely alined pivot openings in the ears of said plates, pins placed through said openings, so when one is removed, the other acts as a pivot, whereby said seat may be swung in either direction or reversed either of said pins adapted to act as the pivotal point, and means carried by said strap for carrying a seat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CECIL N. BRANNAN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. A. OAUPLIN, G. A. WELDON.

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